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    Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems. I'm not going to deny that there are errors, because in any system that involves human beings or technology, there are going to be errors.

    I don't think we should be locked into the idea that it has to be a school. Unless the district needs it, I think we should look at the other options and not be locked into that idea. A computer facility, a public meeting area right in the middle of town could be great.

    Today's small business and home PC users are going completely digital -- at work they store important client records and critical business files, while at home they have irreplaceable family photos and vast music collections. Because of this, many customers now need advanced storage technology.

    If a 92-page tax swap is a necessary prerequisite for accomplishing what the public really wants the Legislature to do, then we've completed it. Now we must get started on the required course work for this session providing additional funds to public schools so that they have the resources to fully fund existing proven programs, providing teachers with a pay raise, and providing smaller classes and up-to-date technology.

    Some customers will put out the brush fire but miss the forest fire. Customers need to think about how to get the data off an archive when the technology is no longer any good and onto new stuff without too much pain.


    If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

    Fundamentally, the purpose of the patent is to give you some sort of competitive advantage. If the patent gives you exclusivity over a wide swath of technology, it's critical.

    Intel's technology was a key enabler of our success in 2005. Our Itanium 2-based servers have significantly sped up our simulation capability while improving the simulation accuracy. Toyota will continue to take advantage of Intel's unparalleled performance to develop an edge in highly competitive world of Formula 1.


    Computer graphics programs enabled us to visualize these surfaces, but we couldn't bring them back into the mathematical fold. I think the information about how to solve this problem was lurking in the pictures all the time, but we just had to think about it for a long time and have the theory catch up with the evidence we had.



    Too few people in computer science are aware of some of the informational challenges in biology and their implications for the world. We can store an incredible amount of data very cheaply.

    We know foreign governments want our technology. We know they will go to all lengths to get it, ... It is incumbent upon us to have the best security practices, constantly to review them, learn the lessons from the past and make sure that it doesn't happen again.

    The changes in technology and consumer interests demand that we be innovative and visionary in our approach to home entertainment. The digital market has evolved to the point where it has earned its own place in our home entertainment business. Digital distribution and high definition have evolved from a theoretical concept to a new retail business, and that's why we're making the strategic moves necessary to ensure that we aggressively market this business in the months and years ahead. And it all begins with people -- putting the right people in the right place at the right time.

    I've always felt like I've been wagging the tail of the big technology dog, to see what I could get it to do. Since I started using AMD64 technology, the technology is now wagging me, to see what I can do with it. AMD LIVE Fulfils the final dream, by delivering the goods as originally imagined by the artist.


    In the end I think they'll do the right thing with the technology, ... I also don't think we need a standards body. RSS happened outside of the standards bodies for good reasons.

    The risk for Vietnam if it opens its borders to trade but does not upgrade technically to make value-added products, it becomes an assembly factory and producer of raw materials for China. You have to remember how poor Vietnam actually is. I'd be worried over the long term whether it can achieve an increase in value-added products the way that Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea did. It does not yet have the policy tools to provide a national program of technology upgrading.




    Applying automation to a revenue collections process is not as simple as bringing in new technology, proponents said. Like any other major overhaul, the project has to begin with hard questions about businesses processes and long-term strategic direction. You really need to think about this in terms of general goals and long-term process specifics, ... Once those questions are answered, then you bring in a vendor to design your system and apply the technology.

    An ideology designed to empower the masses became one of the most ruthless instruments of oppression, ... It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough.






    Almost every quarter I can remember people have come up with reasons to explain away earnings gains. The truth is that earnings are doing better, and the hope is that, because earnings are improving, companies will begin to hire and spend money on technology.

    VOIP has been all about free PC-to-PC calls. Area775 is the first service that links VOIP to the traditional phone world and gives users unprecedented power to manage their voice communications by screening and answering calls on any SIP device, computer or regular phone, as well as transferring calls between their devices.

    Wireless, more than any other technology, is driving the adoption of our business notebook line. Staying connected when you're on the road is fundamental to the value proposition of a notebook.


    There is a lot of buzz now about Sun like there was about Apple two years ago at the Consumer Electronics Show. Technology is a high fashion industry, and I think we are in fashion again.

    Arkansas's approach may prove one of the most popular business models for funding and operating government portals today, but it is not a sustainable option, says Robert Atkinson, director of the technology and new economy project at the Progressive Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization with the mission of advancing the government's agenda for the information economy. Governments that aren't willing to pay any money into electronic services can get up and running and put some applications online, ... Most jurisdictions in this country don't have the expertise to do this in-house. The risk of the outsourcing model is that they're getting the revenue from the users. Ultimately, I don't think the consumer is going to be paying for this. You don't pay now when you go to look at a deed.

    The sports authority would like to see a two-team stadium with the technology that can make it either team's home on game day. It should have a retractable roof so the state will garner revenues from a Super Bowl, the Final Four, political conventions and other events.


    Three-to-four years ago, in the worst of the downturn, the only money they spent was because got they got a really good return on investment and got it quickly. It was all about saving money. Now, companies are spending money on technology to become more competitive and to gain new capabilities.

    What we're doing is making sure that we have a safe and secure border region from San Diego all the way to Brownsville. And that means manpower, it means technology, it means infrastructure, it means interior enforcement. All, you know, kind of layered in appropriate ways, and making sure, like I said before, the border is safe and secure.


    In our homes there's tons of technology available, and then you go to church and it feels archaic. In today's world, if you don't have technology in the church you don't even have what people have in their homes.

    From a management standpoint and a cost-reduction standpoint ... you can now with a single console, with reduced costs, manage all these point products with just one resource and one just one technology.

    Whenever you change technology, there will always be select individuals who will be resistant. When ATMs were introduced, people were saying, 'I don't want to get my money out of that box.' Now, hardly anyone walks into a bank.

    You need to overlay the business reality. You probably want to have a check on how those business processes map to the technology architecture. Step three is about defining a technical strategy for implementing these business services using available technology.


    We are building and developing our own training center for manufacturers to come in and work with blind people to get our views and opinions on this technology.

    Government funding for this type of research has fallen off, which means that companies have to step up in helping produce the next generation of technology leaders in information technology. There are a lot of bright young people that deserve support, but can't find it elsewhere.

    I have gotten in trouble with the coaches' association because I voted for three teams to be No. 1. They said, 'You can't do that. You will screw up the computer.'

    I think we have an obligation to hold a department that receives nearly 200 million a year accountable, ... We are investing millions into a computer system, and to me it is not looking pretty, and I want to hold them accountable as to why.




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